27 Jul 2026 Special Council meeting Housing

Development Permit Application No. DP1397 - 3679 Shenton Road

Motion
That Council issue Development Permit No. DP1397 for a mixed-use development at 3679 Shenton Road with variances as outlined in the “Proposed Variances” section of the Staff Report titled “Development Permit Application No. DP1397 - 3679 Shenton Road”, dated 2026-JUL-27.
Minutes, page 10
Sources
Agenda itemCity agenda
Staff reportPage 2
Purpose
To present for Council’s consideration a development permit application for a mixed-use development at 3679 Shenton Road.
Staff report, page 2
Staff recommendation
That Council issue Development Permit No. DP 1397 for a mixed-use development at 3679 Shenton Road with variances as outlined in the “Proposed Variances” section of the Staff Report dated 2026- JUL-27.
Staff report, page 2
DocumentsStaff report about Housing, Land Use & Urban Form, Economic Development (Proposal:), Land Use & Urban Form (Proposal:)

Sheryl Armstrong Yes

Thanks.

Questions and answers

Councillor Hilary Eastmure
Speaker identificationConfident
Yes

asked
question. The design panel had made a recommendation about, um, considering bird - friendly glazing. And I see that there was a revised plan which includes reduced glazing on the south Lakeside Facade. Is that a direct response to the
A guest answered
Bird-friendly glazing consideration? Correct. Correct. Yeah. It's sort of the options of looking at bird-friendly glazing and or reducing the amount of glazing on that self-side. And the client had chosen to reduce the
followed up
molecules. Okay. Thank you. Um, yes, I appreciate that a couple of changes were made in response to the design panels recommendations, including that reduced glazing. More bike parking, a ramp between Shenton Road and the main building entrances, uh, retaining or replacing trees that couldn't be retained and switching out the indoor amenity space for a viewing pavilion, given it's right on the lake. Uh, and, uh, some stepped walls to allow for more plantings and also some patterned concrete. So appreciate those responses to the design panels recommendations.

Councillor Paul Manly
Speaker identificationConfident
Yes

asked
Thank you worship. Um, I'm curious about the viewing platform. Is that a public amend of the or is that just for the, um, the residents and the workers in
City staff answered
The building. It's primarily for the residents and the employees of the, uh, major floor. The pavilion is, I mean, the public walkway accessing that pavilion. And there's no real room to create such a public walkway to that pavilion. Um, so when we were asked to create a public amenity for the residents of the building, um, that was our solution to doing that. And the form of that, uh, pavilion actually emulates the, what historically was mining. And so the shaft and cover. So that's what came out
followed up
Of that. Okay. Thank you. And the, um, there's, I can see there's a blanket statutory right away for featured i relic loop trail across the property. And I assume that that would be in front of the pavilion that they're space in front of the pavilion for that trail.
City staff answered
Correct. There's lots of room in front of that. There's a whole, um, sort of protected speed area and water waste back. So we're a fair ways up land on